Thursday, April 13, 2017

LinkedIn has become a de facto place to go to for finding jobs. Whether you are a recent college grad or a veteran with several years of experience if you do not have a profile on LinkedIn and don’t know how to make the best use of all the available features for job search you are missing out on one of the best tools for finding jobs. Unfortunately, many people don’t understand how LinkedIn works and how to make best use of all the features. Below we highlight some of the key feature you can leverage.

Search for Jobs

LinkedIn has rapidly become the leading job search platform where members from every industry and job function can:

Quickly find career opportunities in any location

Receive automatic recommendations and notifications based on job searches

Apply to positions using just the LinkedIn profile

Save interesting jobs for later resume submission

So many people are capitalizing on LinkedIn, from getting LinkedIn training for sales teams to individual entrepreneurs using it as a content marketing platform to job seekers using it to empower their career. For them it starts with the resume.

The process is actually quite simple:

Convert LinkedIn Profile to a Resume

One convenient built-in profile feature is the “save your profile as a .pdf” button: